Celebrating his birthday from six o'clock to almost eight o'clock, the fourth master was also in a good mood, and the two brothers were specially allowed to stay for two more quarters of an hour, but the fourth elder brother was hugged early, and he reached out to ask for the amount before leaving.

Li Wei had no choice but to send him back first. The fourth elder brother clamored for milk again, pulled her clothes and didn't let go, and it took a lot of effort to get out.

Seeing that the time was half past seven, Li Wei stood there, and the hem of the wrinkled clothes that had been dragged by the fourth elder brother was re-smoothed by the jade bottle and jade cup.

"If you really can't do it, forget it, it's so late anyway, I won't go back." Li Wei said.

The jade bottle hurriedly said, "It's okay, let's deal with it first." Besides, what if you don't go back? The master is still waiting for you over there. ”

Seeing that it was almost over, Li Wei hurried back to the table, and before leaving, she asked the jade bottle to go to the backyard dining room to order supper.

"The dishes on the table today are all prepared in the front dining room, and they are afraid that they are very busy." She said.

The jade bottle should be lowered: "Master, you can rest assured that you will leave it to me." She went all the way to the gate of the courtyard and instructed the four eunuchs who carried the lanterns: "Watch carefully at the feet of the master." ”

The leader of the four middlemen bowed down and said, "Brother Zhao has explained to us, sister, don't worry." With us here, we will ensure that we will not call the master into trouble. ”

Seeing them go away, Yuhua came back and asked Yushui to go to the backyard dining room, and said, "Ask someone to accompany you, don't forget to ask for a few more pots of hot water for the masters to come back and wash." ”

Yushui called Yuxi, and the two of them carried the lantern out of the courtyard, bypassed the small door, and passed through a narrow passage to the backyard dining room. There were no lanterns lit on this road, because the masters did not go from this side.

Towering walls on either side, save for a slender stretch of night sky overhead. There were no fingers in the dark hallway, only the footsteps of the two of them and the lanterns like fireflies.

Yuxi has been walking with her head down, and Yushui brought up the conversation: "Yuxi, you should usually turn around the master more." I can't keep the affairs of the Jade Dynasty in your head anymore, don't think too much about it. ”

Yu Xi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to, so that the master will think of the Jade Dynasty as soon as he sees my name...... What's the use of me just turning around with my master? ”

Yushui wanted to ask her to change her name, but she felt that it was not appropriate to speak lightly. In fact, she was just lucky, and she was assigned to the master in the palace as early as possible. Although the master has never liked to use her, with this affection from the palace to the house, she is better off than Yuxi and Yuchao.

In the dining room in the backyard, everywhere is busy, and the stove dedicated to Fang Fujin is idle. At the beginning, he was the cook that the Li family was used to, and it was the homely taste of side blessing and Jin Ai that he asked him to come to the house.

The cook's family was originally just an employee of the Li family, and they did not sign a deed of sale, but signed an annual deed of employment. But the government wanted someone and wouldn't want a hired man, so he bought his family.

The cook's surname is Du, and his name is Du Jiu. When he entered the mansion, everyone called him Uncle Nine, and there were not many times when he was called by Fang Fujin, but who knows when the master will be able to use him? When the master calls for food, he will go to the steward to ask for chickens and ducks? This is also not appropriate.

The steward also watches the dishes of the people. Every meal is allocated to him for Fang Fujin's share, if Fang Fujin is not used, salt, sugar, rice and noodles are withdrawn, and the vegetables and fresh meat will be cheaper Du Jiu. So within a few years of entering the house, Du Jiu's family ate big shoulders and round waists, looking like a mountain of meat from a distance, and still a mountain of meat up close.

He is an outside craft, and the fourth master Fujin can't look down on him, so he didn't ask him to wait for the fourth master's birthday today. He was idle in the house, telling his sons and daughters to watch the fire on the stove not go out.

His son Du Jin said: "Dad, this fire is just burning? What a lot of firewood? Why don't I throw a few sweet potatoes in? ”

Daughter Du stood on the edge of the water tank and didn't dare to speak, she also wanted to eat sweet potatoes, but if she spoke, her father would definitely be angry.

Du Jiu grabbed Du Jin and slapped his head and face, and scolded: "Don't look for trouble!" I want to eat sweet potatoes and go home to your mother! What is this place? Why do you talk nonsense? ”

Du Jin called his father's big thick slap with a golden star, slipped to Du Liang's side and scolded in a low voice: "Sister, look at Dad's bear-like appearance." ”

Du Liang scooped out a scoop of water from the water tank, and asked Du Jin to apply the beaten red face, and he didn't dare to say anything else.

As soon as Yushui and Yuxi came over, Du Jiu immediately jumped up from the stool and said with a smile on his face: "Hello two girls!" Girl, but what does our master command? ”

Yushui said with a smile: "Uncle Nine, our master asked you to prepare some supper, prepare more, the things on the table are not easy to eat." ”

Du Jiu said again and again: "Okay, okay, Lao Du will do it, do it immediately." As soon as you call the master to get off the table, you can use the hot meal! ”

He grabbed a handful of longan from the basket next to him and stuffed it into Yushui's hand, and said, "Girl, let's eat it as a snack." ”

His big hand grabbed it with enough jade water to hold it together, she took the longan and distributed it to the jade water, and said, "Don't forget to boil a few more pots of water, the masters want to wash it." ”

Du Jiu immediately called Du Liang to carry water: "I can't forget, I can't forget, I can't forget, this will burn, this will burn." ”

The three people in the stove room immediately got busy. Du Jin helped Du Jiu light the fire, and Du Liang poked open two small stoves to boil water. When the people in the stove next door heard the movement, they all tilted their heads to look this way.

"What is Lao Du doing?"

"Needless to say? It must have been ordered by Fang Fujin. ”

One person ate peanuts and said: "Lao Du is still so comfortable, the master called to move, the master didn't call, he didn't have to do anything else to get paid, and he didn't have to do a lot of his silver a month." ”

The other was also envious, shook his head and said, "What is silver?" How many cases of Fang Fujin have entered their family's stomach in a month, and the person in charge is also watching people cook, we are tired to death every day, and there is no benefit, not to mention, waiting for a group of unpopular Gege. Even if one of them is favored, they can still carry us one or two. ”

The peanut eater spat out a mouthful of slag and said, "If you expect one of them to fly, it is better for us to go to the stove now." Lao Du took the stove of Fujin alone and brought his sons and daughters in, and I heard that if it wasn't for the steward's disagreement, he would even want to get his wife in. Wouldn't it be nice if we could go to the stove on the side of Fujin and wait? ”

"You're beautiful!" The man laughed, "The lady in charge wishes there was no one of us in the stove, otherwise the gods above will fight, and the little ghosts below will suffer." We poked the poke of the main courtyard, and you are not awkward to stand between the stoves, but someone is awkward. When the time comes, someone will be a substitute for the dead, and there will be no money to spend......"

While the two were talking, the steward came in and shouted at them, "Go and boil the water!" The first thing to do when the table is removed is to wash with water, and you are still idle here, why don't you hurry up and get to work? ”

The two jumped up as if their buttocks had been bitten, and quickly ran to grab firewood and add water.

The steward reminded him one by one, and when he arrived at Du Jiu, he stood outside the threshold, and he didn't go in, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiu is this busy?" ”

Du Jiu smiled at him, and the person in charge didn't talk much, so he said a few words of gossip and left.

The firewood house and the wellhead were busy, and many people lined up to carry firewood and fetch water. Du Jiu heard the lively sound behind him, and he was happy, humming a small song: "The first one has meat to eat, hehe, and the later one can only gnaw bones, hehe~"

In the main courtyard, the seat is in the back half. The hot dishes and soup were all removed, and the snacks were served again.

Both of the Hongyu brothers drank alcohol, and they also joined forces to fight two sets of punches, and their faces are still red. The fourth master said early that they don't have to go to bed as early as before today, so it is rare for the two children to let go.

At this time, the children were all playing dice together, and Da Gege led Sangege to watch. Sangege leaned forward, curious about the dice cup that Hongyu held in his hand. But just now Da Gege only allowed her to play three bets, and now she can only watch.

Even so, she was overjoyed. In the past, she also played dice in Yonghe Palace during the Chinese New Year, but she was young, and Da Gege generally did not allow her to bet. I can play at home today, and there are not so many outsiders, so she is very novel.

Li Wei was afraid that she would disturb the children in the past, so she had to keep sticking out her head to watch.

Otherwise, just watch the 'couple' of the fourth master and Fujin? She usually has the illusion that she is a junior, and it is useless to convince herself to enter the door one step earlier, who let it be Fujin who enters the door in a red wedding dress? She once knelt down to welcome Fujin into the door, and the head knocked down, and she couldn't wash off the mark of a slave on her body in her life.

Every time this happens, she is not happy to get too close to the fourth master.

Behind him, the fourth master was also looking at the children, and Da Gege sat up straight, taking care of the three Geges beside him. Ergege and Hongyu had a good time, the two were discussing raising, and the third elder brother wanted to play the dice cup, vying to be the one who shook the dice.

Ergege clapped and said: "Just call the third brother to shake." Let's bet, what's the matter with you rolling the dice? ”

Hongyu glanced at the third elder brother who had already raised his hand to cheer, and said angrily: "You can't shake it, your arm has no strength." ”

The third elder brother puffed up his little chest: "I can do it!" I'm sure I can shake it up! He also said to Ergege, "Sister, I'm sure I can shake you a good idea!" ”

Ergege Haha laughed, and Hongyu feigned anger and said, "Hey! Even if you want to make a ghost, don't say it to my face! ”

Sangege was so amused that he covered his mouth and giggled, and even Da Gege couldn't help but cover his mouth with a handkerchief.

The fourth master also watched the fun, wanted to have fun with others, turned his head to look at Su Su, looked at the back of his head, and then looked at Fu Jin, Fu Jin smiled at the right time, but did not speak.

He had no choice but to swallow back the words in his stomach and drink tea.

The third elder brother raised the dice cup and shook it up and down vigorously, and the cup lid flew with a bang!

The fourth master held the tea, and with a snap, a dice flew into his tea bowl, splashing the tea on his body.

From children to adults, they were all stunned.

When Li Wei saw the third elder brother's bewildered little face, she immediately got up and knelt down from her seat to ask for guilt.

The fourth master didn't take it seriously at all, put down the tea and shook his hand, and was about to speak, when Fu Jin came over with a handkerchief and wiped two handfuls on his clothes, and said, "Li's get up, it's not a big deal." ”

Li Wei hesitated and quietly looked at the fourth master. Behind her, the third elder brother also knelt down early, and Hongyu and Ergege knelt in front. Da Gegra knelt beside him with three Gege.

It's a good haode table.,But zuihou came to this one.。 The fourth master got up unhappily, came over to help Li Wei, and said, "Master is not angry, let's go back with the children first." ”

Li Wei also felt that the atmosphere was not very good now, the most important thing was that she was afraid that what had just happened would scare the children. Without further ado, Fu retired with Ergege and a few other children.

Out of the main courtyard, the third elder brother held her tightly with cold fingers.

Li Wei squatted down and picked him up, "Don't be afraid, Ama is not angry, how can he be angry with you?" He won't be angry with his mother, it's okay, it's okay. ”

The third elder brother was still holding back, but now he hugged her neck and cried quietly.

Li Wei gave Er Gege and Hongyu a look, and the three of them hurried back to the East Courtyard. Yu Bottle and the others had already prepared hot water and supper, and they were all startled to see them come in like this.

After returning to the house, Li Wei asked Ergege to go back and change his clothes first, and then said to the jade bottle: "Tell Zhao Quanbao to go to the front and bring a few sets of clothes from Hongyu and the third elder brother, and tell them to live here first tonight." ”

The wing room where Hongyu lived was still left, and the third elder brother lived directly in the east side room until he was three years old. Now that the fourth elder brother lives in the east side room, she wants to ask Hongyu and the third elder brother to live in the east wing tonight.

Putting down the third elder brother, the little guy's face was full of snot and tears, and his big eyes looked at her pitifully.

Li Wei wiped the faces of the two children with hot towels, stripped them all naked on the couch, told them to wrap themselves in quilts, and said, "Don't make trouble, E-niang go and change clothes." First of all, I will ask the jade bottle to serve you some food. ”

She went to the screen to change her clothes, and the jade bottle came over and asked: "There are beef and egg custard, ham and egg custard, small wontons, and noodles are fried buns, beef scones, fried tricolor and cream buns, which one do you want to use?" ”

The third elder brother was already laughed at when he was stripped naked by his mother, and he was fighting with his brother in the quilt at this time, and when he heard it, he said: "Steamed eggs!" I'm also going to eat croquettes. ”

Li Wei heard behind the screen: "No, you can eat a fried bun at most." ”

Third Elder Brother: "Then you have to fry the buns and make small wontons." ”

"Can you eat that much? I want beef and egg custard, but do you have rice? Hongyu said, he deliberately kept his stomach on the table.

Li Wei came out and said, "If not, go and ask if you can still make a stove and steam some now?" I ate it too, and asked them to make me a plate of fried rice. "If you're in a bad mood, you're going to have a big meal.

Yuhua had to ask someone to go to the dining room in the front yard and the backyard to ask if there was any rice. There was no one in the backyard, and Du Jiu didn't prepare it, but there was rice steamed by Eunuch Liu in the front yard, not only freshly steamed in the evening, but also yesterday's. It just so happens that yesterday's can be used to make fried rice.

Zhao Quanbao couldn't help but say, "How did you figure it out?" ”

Eunuch Liu also sighed: "Today is really a coincidence. "He likes to eat hard rice, and he keeps it on purpose.

Zhao Quanbao shook his head and said, "Your luck ...... It's literal. ”

On the side of the main courtyard, Fang Fujin took the children to go first, and Da Gege hurriedly took Sangege to retire.

The fourth master picked out the dice in the tea and put them on the table, Fu Jin stood behind him, plucked up the courage and said, "Master, go to my place to change your clothes." ”

With that, she waited with bated breath. Mama Zhuang and the others behind her also became nervous.

After a long time, the fourth master hummed and turned around and went to the house. Fu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to follow. Mama Zhuang couldn't help but recite a sentence of Buddha and asked people to immediately prepare hot water for washing and soaking feet.

The rest of the Gege left the table.

Song stood in the wind with her cloak on, looking at the direction where Da Gege and San Gege had left for a long time, and she didn't know what she wanted to see. Is it Da Gege who can come out and say a few words to her? Or can Sangege come and ask her to take a look?

When she left, both Geng and Wang came over to salute Wu and leave. After the two of them left together, Wu got up and looked at Niu Colu, who was still stunned. When she went out today, Niu Colu was still hiding in the house and didn't come out, she thought that she deliberately came out late because she was dressed differently, but there was nothing strange about her.

What a preference for weirdness.

The Wu clan also disappeared, and Qiao Xiang dared to come over to help Niu Colu clan. She didn't want to bump into Wu Gege again, otherwise she would have to be talked about again. It is also their bad luck, obviously thinking about haode, deliberately the latest, afraid of being bumped into and passing through the garden, who knew that they would meet the fourth master.

Originally, I was going to let the fourth master see it at the banquet......

It's just that Qiao Xiang thinks that even if he asks the fourth master to see it at the table, I'm afraid it's no different from now.

"Gege, let's go." She said.

Niu Colu nodded and hurried out of the main courtyard with her.